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The vulnerabilities in LCDproc allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code or cause the LCDproc server to crash.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-7 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : lcdproc SUMMARY : remote code execution DATE : 2003-01-07 21:01 UTC EXPLOIT : remote - -------------------------------------------------------------------- From advisory: "The vulnerabilities in LCDproc allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code or cause the LCDproc server to crash." Read the full advisory at SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-misc/lcdproc-0.4.1-r1 or earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge lcdproc emerge clean - --------------------------------------------------------------------
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